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Day in the Life

Apr 13, 1882

Journal Entry

April 13, 1882 ~ Thursday

13 [FIGURE] I met with the Twelve in the forenoon on the Indian
Mission we voted to call 15 or 20 young Indians &
send them to school to Provo to make Missionaries
among their tribes. we voted to send 6 families to
savoy to strengthen Br Tilcher in the Indian Mission
we voted to call Br Layton & his family to form
a New settlement in some Portion of Old Mexico
in Chihuahua ^or^ Sornora it was the wish of the
Quorum that James G Bleak go to Arizona &
take charge of the Indian Mission. We Met
with President Taylor and laid Before him what
we had done He did not decide upon any portion
of it. I went to the field in the Evening

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1 mention
Bleak, James Godson
15 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1918
449 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1837 mentions
Apostle

Events

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March 24, 1882
First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
April 1882
Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.

Apr 13, 1882